Just like overindulging in salt is bad for your health, so too is the excessive use of road salt on the environment. Since ...

During recent winter storms, rock salt was spread across Delaware roads to keep drivers safe. What impacts will the extra ...

"When the weather turns cold, windy and snowy, many of us prefer to stay indoors and keep warm at home," Darci Webber writes.

And at one degree, one pound of salt will only melt about four pounds of ice. Road crews sometimes add calcium chloride or magnesium chloride to the salt to lower the temperature at which it’ll ...

While there are more environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional road salt, like calcium chloride and magnesium chloride, their higher cost—three times that of traditional salt ...